The Maine Monitor Radio Hour

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: We discuss Monitor Local, a new reporting initiative from the The Maine Monitor focused on what’s happening in towns across Western and Downeast Maine — how the idea came to be and what its coverage has looked like so far.

Guests:
Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm, Executive Director of The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting — [email protected]
Judith Meyer, Editor of Monitor Local — [email protected]

FMI:
themainemonitor.org/monitor-local/

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: Maine Monitor reporter Rose Lundy speaks about her recent reporting on how more older Mainers appear to be using harder drugs, how groups across Maine are trying to combat men’s loneliness, and other health care challenges older adults are facing.

Guests:
Rose Lundy, [email protected]

FMI:
themainemonitor.org/more-of-maines-oldest-struggle-drugs/
themainemonitor.org/fighting-mens-loneliness/

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: We hear from Report for America corps member Daniel O’Connor about his reporting on the budget crisis in Washington County and the Maine school districts that have voted to change policies around transgender students.

Guests:
Daniel O’Connor, [email protected]

FMI:
themainemonitor.org/washington-county-11m-bond-rejected/
themainemonitor.org/groups-pushing-schools-change-transgender-policies/

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: A Maine State Police trooper pinned a handcuffed man to the ground and repeatedly punched him in the face during an arrest. The episode raises questions about the agency’s use of force policy and its process for reviewing complaints. Reporters Josh Keefe and Callie Ferguson take listeners behind the scenes of their recent investigation.

Guests:
Josh Keefe, [email protected]
Callie Ferguson, [email protected]

FMI: themainemonitor.org/stop-punching-him/

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: In this episode of The Maine Monitor Radio Hour, we hear from The Monitor’s two summer interns, Stacey Zhang and Yasmeen Khan, on their experiences trying to make a career in the field of journalism and how their Gen Z colleagues are consuming the news.

Guests:
Stacey Zhang – themainemonitor.org/author/stacey-zhang/
Yasmeen Khan – themainemonitor.org/author/yasmeen_khan/

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: Sawyer Loftus, an investigative reporter with Maine Focus, the investigative team at the Bangor Daily News and partner of The Maine Monitor, walks us through a story he worked on with ProPublica about a wave of foreclosures on Maine homes purchased with loans from the United States Department of Agriculture.

Guests:
Sawyer Loftus, [email protected]

FMI:
themainemonitor.org/usda-maine-foreclosures-rural-homeowners/

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: Josh Keefe takes listeners behind the scenes of his recent reporting on Maine’s child welfare system, including the story of one Maine woman’s fight to get her son back after an incident in a Presque Isle parking lot.

Guests:
Josh Keefe, government accountability reporter: [email protected]

FMI:
themainemonitor.org/spanking-or-abuse/
themainemonitor.org/maine-foster-care-population-grew-fastest-nationally/

The Maine Monitor Radio Hour is a collaboration between WERU-FM and the Maine Monitor, the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting.

This month: Reporters Rose Lundy and Kristian Moravec discuss their reporting on workforce shifts and challenges in health care and clean energy.

Guests:
Rose Lundy, [email protected]
Kristian Moravec, [email protected]

FMI:
themainemonitor.org/
themainemonitor.org/heat-pump-workforce-development/
themainemonitor.org/healthcare-workforce-diversity/